Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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1541 Mr. johnson expects to continue his scientific work at Columbia University where he has recently been awarded a scolarship for sociological study. .34 Before she came to Reed in the fall of 1912, Stella Bushong Roper had spent two years at Willamette University. During her first year here she became interested in the study of English literature and Chose that department for her major work. At the same time she carried on, in connection with work in the ed- ucation department, an original investigation on the question of -the continuance of high-scool courses in college. As part of her work in social ethics she rote a paper on the Jews in Port land and assisted in gathering data for the exhibit on the liquor problem prepared by the clas for the Conference on the Conserva- tion of Human Life. She belongd t0 the Consumer's Leag and was a charter member of the Drama Club, of which she was elected librarian. Miss Roper left Reed the fol- loing year to take a business- college course and returnd this REED COLLEGE ANNUAL -:- 1915 September to complete her studies for her degree. Her seni- inar thesis is a discussion of the influence of Mrs. Browning upon Robert Browningis heroins. 96. Kenneth C. Tomlinson graduated from the high scool of Galesburg, Illinois, in 1910, and after spending a year learning the automobile business, enterd Reed with the first clas. His interests lie mainly in the sciences, particularly chemistry, in which he has done his major work. One of the best all-around athletes of the senior clas, Mr. Tomlinson has taken an activ and enthusiastic interest in varius branches of athletics. He was one of the captains in the flrst football games playd in the fall of 1911. Since then he has captaind several clas football teams and has been on two all- star football selections. He has also been activ in basketball, track and baseball, and been a member of his clas teams in these sports. He servd as tres- urer 0f the Athletic Council dur- ing his junior year. Mr. Tomlinson has been a

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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL 1915 mg which the amount of current which may be used in connection with a wireless telegraf detector may be inereast. He has been assistant in the fysics department for the last two years, and during the current year has had charge of the freshman lab- oratory work. Mr. Kelly has taken an activ part in the dramatic presenta- tions of the college. He took prominent r61es in the Drama Clubs public presentation of Galsworthyis Pigeon, in the Deutsche Verein presentation of Schnitzeris Die Literatur, and in Shaw's Pygmaliozz, and Bar- rieis The T106171 Pomzd Look, both given privately by the Drama Club. Mr. Kelly prepared for c01- lege at the XVashington High Scool of Portland, and wil do graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology. W Glenn Raymond Johnson has taken a prominent part in varius noteworthy activities, both inside and outside of the col- Iege. His most important work has been in connection with the study of feeble-mindedness in the state of Oregon. Thru his researches on this question Mr. Johnson has become one of the best authorities on the sub- ject in the state. He has also been interested in the matter of unemployment, and was one of the principal investigators in the survey on that subject made last year by the college. Dur- ing his senior year he has been conducting mental tests upon unemployd men, with the idea of establishing a correlation be- tween mental deficiency and lack of employment. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Student Council, and was elected tresurer 0f the council when that offiswas created last fall. He has also been tresurer of the John Adams Debating Society, and president of the Biology Club. He has been a hard working football and base- ball player, and a member of his clas team in both sports every year that he has been in college. He made the all-star football team in 1913. Mr. Johnson has taken an interest in the social side of college life as wel, being a member of Campus and River Day committees, and 0f the Ches and Comus Clubs. I i i. i i J. I i I y t.

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. ' - REED COLLEGE APUWUAL s leader in college social life. As the first president of the Comns Club and Chairman of the first Junior Prom committee, he has been chiefiy responsible for some successful social affairs. W Linus Herman Bittner has done his major work in the biology department. This has been a preparation for future study which he wil make at medical scool with the intention of becoming a fysician. In connection with his biological work he has experimented extensivly upon the earth worm, making exhaustiv observations of that organism. As a result of this study, he has publisht, in col- laboration with Dr. Torrey and Glenn Johnson, an article en- titled The Earthworm and the Jleflzod of Trial. His gradua- tion thesis also deals with in- vestigations of the behavior of the earthworm, Mr. Bittner has carried on varins investigations in psycol- ogy, especially in connection with muscle reading. His work has been markt by carefulness and scientific accuracy of detail. He has had numerus outside activities, and holds an impor- 1915 I551 tant position on the cabinet of the Christian Endevor Society of the City. Besides this Mr. Bittner has been self-supporting thrnout his college career. ' w XVilliam Henry Boddy spent two and a half years at Reed as an undergraduate, and half a year doing graduate work in English and in education. During his last year and a half at the college he was assistant in the English department, and at the completion of his work was elected a member of the faculty but was compeld to resign on account of i1 helth. Mr. Boddys studies before coming to Reed consisted of preparatory work at Seattle Sein- inary, private studies in theology, and a year at Spokane College. At the present date Mr. Boddy has been for nine years an or- daind minister in the Methodist Church, and during his connec- tion with Reed was activ as pas- tor of the Central Free Methodist Church of Portland. Mr. Boddy did work at Reed in English, religion, filosofy, and education, English literature being his major subject and filosofy and religion his dom- inant interests. His bachelor's 3 i :-:..:..ss.x..:i'u;';- -K'.'w.t.-.t;',sr-.: i'v'- . ,t.'.'.'. :I.u.z;: , . -. ,szwaim. w; .,.i -4- no... I r: f-i 1 V Ii